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EP0581516A1 - Auskleidung für einen Behälter zum Behandeln von Metallschmelze - Google Patents

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EP0581516A1
EP0581516A1 EP93305726A EP93305726A EP0581516A1 EP 0581516 A1 EP0581516 A1 EP 0581516A1 EP 93305726 A EP93305726 A EP 93305726A EP 93305726 A EP93305726 A EP 93305726A EP 0581516 A1 EP0581516 A1 EP 0581516A1
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Heinz Kloth
Klaus Friede
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D41/00—Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like
    • B22D41/02—Linings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D41/00—Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like
    • B22D41/02—Linings
    • B22D41/023—Apparatus used for making or repairing linings

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  • This invention relates to the lining of molten metal handling vessels, for example a tundish or ladle. For convenience the invention will be described with specific reference to tundishes.
  • molten metal is cast into a continuous casting mould via an intermediate vessel which acts as a constant head reservoir, this intermediate vessel being known as a tundish.
  • the tundish has a metal floor and walls and one or more outlet nozzles set in the floor.
  • a relatively permanent lining sometimes referred to as a semi-permanent lining; often made of bricks or in the form of a cast monolithic lining.
  • the tundish may additionally be provided with an inner expendable lining of refractory, heat-insulating material. The expendable lining has to be renewed for each casting sequence.
  • Expendable inner linings have to meet various distinct requirements and certain of these conflict to a greater or lesser extent.
  • the expendable lining While it is desirable for the expendable lining to be highly heat-insulating, it is also desirable for it to have substantial resistance to erosion by molten metal and slag.
  • any change in the nature of the lining that improves its heat-insulating properties is usually associated with a reduction in its density, which tends also to result in reduced erosion-resistance.
  • the expendable lining must be of a composition or physical nature that enables its application as an effective lining to be carried out efficiently, economically and in a consistently reliable manner.
  • a number of different basic methods of applying the expendable lining have been proposed. These include:-
  • the present invention is concerned to provide an improved means of carrying out method iii) above, i.e. using a former which is usually of metal.
  • the heating stage by which the particulate composition is converted into the desired expendable lining is conventionally achieved by heating the former by gas, the gas being supplied through a heating tube installed along the inner wall of the former.
  • the conventional arrangement has certain disadvantages:
  • the present invention aims to provide an improved means of lining a tundish using a unitary former to prevent former distortion and to improve uniformity of heating.
  • the invention provides aformerforthe in-situ manufacture of an expendable lining in a molten metal handling vessel, the former being a unitary box-like construction to be inserted in the vessel in one piece, the box-like construction comprising at least one central channel-shaped portion and two end portions each end portion being constrained to be able to move in a sliding overlapping relationship with a/or the central portion.
  • the invention provides a method of forming an expendable lining on the inner walls of a molten metal handling vessel, in which a former is made as a unitary box-like construction having at least one central channel-shaped portion and two end portions, each end portion being constrained to be able to move in a sliding overlapping relationship with a or the central portion, the unitary former is placed inside the vessel to define a gap between its exterior walls and the interior walls of the vessel, the gap corresponding to the thickness or the desired expendable lining, the gap is filled with a refractory composition, the former is heated to set the refractory composition into a coherent lining and the former is then removed.
  • a former is made as a unitary box-like construction having at least one central channel-shaped portion and two end portions, each end portion being constrained to be able to move in a sliding overlapping relationship with a or the central portion
  • the unitary former is placed inside the vessel to define a gap between its exterior walls and the interior walls of the vessel, the gap corresponding
  • central portion Normally a single central portion is all that is required, i.e. to provide a unitary construction former from three portions, but additional central portions may be used if desired.
  • the invention enables the expansion of the former during the heating step and the later contraction on cooling to be accommodated by relative movement between the end portions and central portion, thereby avoiding any risk of deformation, while at the same time its unitary construction reduces manpower requirements and crane-handling movements in the installation and removal stages.
  • former of the invention readily lends itself to improvements in the application of heat whereby more uniform heating can be achieved.
  • the former being of unitary box-like construction can be provided with a close-fitting insulated lid, preferably as a one-piece cover.
  • This enables the cover to be provided with a hot-air inlet and exhaust air outlet so that, for example, a swivelling hot-air duct can be mechanically coupled to the former.
  • a series of adjustable outlet ports for the hot air can be provided in the cover so that the former is heated carefully and uniformly to give not only an improved lining each time but a higher service life for the former.
  • the central and end portions of the former may be connected into the desired unitary construction by, for example, a series of guide shafts to which are attached longitudinally-extending steel springs.
  • the springs can be extended and contracted by the expansion and contraction of the former on heating and cooling when the end portions and central portion are enabled to move in slidable relationship to each other.
  • the lid of the former may be of the same or different material to that of the former itself and so may have the same or different thermal expansion characteristics.
  • the attachment means between lid and former can be designed to cater for such differential thermal characteristics.
  • the lid may be attached by one or more lug and slot arrangements.
  • a lug fixed to the wall of the former engages a slot in the lid and may be locked in position, e.g. by a wedge-shaped pin.
  • the dimensions of the slot and lug then prevent excessive relative movement between lid and former in an "up and down" direction but allow relative movement in the longitudinal direction of the former.
  • a former suitable for a 50 ton steel capacity tundish may have an overall length about 7 metres.
  • Such a steel former will expand in length by about 24 mm during the heating stage to consolidate the expendable lining.
  • Relative movement of 12 mm between the central portion and each end portion of a former of the invention can readily be accommodated so that neither distortion of the former nor movement of the former to reduce undesirably the gap between it and the tundish walls takes place.
  • FIGs 1 and 2 is shown a prior art arrangement in which a tundish 10 has a permanent lining 11, an expendable lining 12 and a suitably box-shaped former 13.
  • Agas heating tube 14 is positioned to enter the tundish and run down the inside of a wall of the former and then around inside the four walls of the former as indicated.
  • expendable lining precursor to form expendable lining 12 is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve from such an arrangement.
  • the former may be one-piece or multi-piece, in the latter case having to be installed and assembled in-situ.
  • Tundish 20 has a permanent lining 21 over which an expendable lining 22 has been formed between lining 21 and a suitably box-shaped former 23.
  • former 23 has a central section 24 which is in slideable engagement with one end section 25.
  • Another end section (not shown) will be similarly slidably engaged with the other end of central section 24.
  • the sections of the former 23 are held together by an arrangement of guide shafts 26 and springs 27 and the former is positioned in the tundish as a unitary construction including its lid.
  • the former 23 is provided with a close-fitting insulating lid 28.
  • the lid has an inlet port 29 through which hot air or other gas can be admitted to the interior of the former 23 and a series of exhaust outlets 30.
  • a series of outlets 31 is also provided around the walls of former 23.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a system for applying hot air orother hot gas to the interior of a former in a tundish.
  • a hot air generator 40 with a ventilator 41 provides a stream of hot air via ducting 42 to the inside of former 43 in tundish 44 through the lid 45 of the former.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Furnace Housings, Linings, Walls, And Ceilings (AREA)
  • Casting Support Devices, Ladles, And Melt Control Thereby (AREA)
  • Casting Or Compression Moulding Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
EP93305726A 1992-07-28 1993-07-21 Auskleidung für einen Behälter zum Behandeln von Metallschmelze Expired - Lifetime EP0581516B1 (de)

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DE69314406D1 (de) 1997-11-13
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GB9216079D0 (en) 1992-09-09
BR9303019A (pt) 1994-03-15
JPH07232265A (ja) 1995-09-05
EP0581516B1 (de) 1997-10-08
FI101052B (fi) 1998-04-15
FI933381A0 (fi) 1993-07-28
AU660556B2 (en) 1995-06-29
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